Platoon is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PLATOON in dictionary:

VERB:
• in American football, to alternate with another player at the same position
• (in South Africa) apply the platoon system to (a school)
• use the strategy of alternating (a pair of players or one player with another) in a specified field position in successive games
• organise into platoons
NOUN:
• a subdivision of a company of soldiers, usually forming a tactical unit that is commanded by a subaltern or lieutenant and divided into three sections
• a group of people acting together
• (in South Africa) denoting a school or schooling system in which two separate sets of teachers and pupils use the same buildings, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
• engaged in platooning
• smaller unit within a company of soldiers
• Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a hollow square.
• Now, in the United States service, half of a company.
• a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant
• a team of policemen working under the military platoon system
• a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity

Words related to PLATOON

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Words that contain PLATOON

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How to use PLATOON in a sentence

• The platoon marched with slow steps to the bow of the vessel.
• The signal PLATOON or SQUAD indicates that the platoon commander is to cause the signal which follows to be executed by platoon or squad.
• The first line is led by the platoon leader of the right platoon, the second by the guide of the right platoon, and so on in order from right to left.
• When the company forms a part of the firing line, the rush of the company as a whole is conducted by the captain, as described for a platoon in the preceding paragraph.
• The original platoon division of the companies in the firing line should be maintained and should not be broken up by the mingling of reenforcements.
• He should take advantage of every chance to carry his platoon forward unless otherwise ordered.
• In an engagement the voice can seldom be heard over a few feet, and the platoon commander will generally have to convey his orders by signals.
• Each noncommissioned officer must be conversant with the signals and commands and the proper methods for instantly putting into effect the orders of his platoon commander.
• Among my men in the platoon were a painter, two college professors, a singer of repute, a banker, and a post official of high rank.
• I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not recall any death that affected me quite so much as that of this first victim in my platoon.
• My platoon had by this time shrunk from fifty-five men to about thirty-four, but those remaining had become very hardened, efficient, and fit.
• I shared a dug-out with a platoon commander after that first night.
• One platoon was quartered in a restaurant which had a beautiful and rustic garden, though it was too near the enemy for the men to really enjoy the comfort it afforded.
• One of the most exciting incidents was that participated in by the First Platoon of the Signal Battalion on the first day of the Metz battle.
• Over there a platoon of Highlanders are practising the taking of German trenches.
• At the command company, the leading platoon leader gives the command, platoon.
• Rear platoons march squarely up to the turning point of the leading platoon and turn at the command of their leaders.
• Fire Control is the explanation of these instructions through the platoon leaders.
• A great burst of machine-gun fire caused the leading platoon to take cover under one of the terraces.
• Fowke was detached with his platoon to act on our extreme left in co-operation with our handful of Indian cavalry.
• The rear platoon should stand on a platform two feet in height, while the space behind is to be filled with soldiers engaged in fencing.
• The military are placed on the extreme right and left of the stage, the head of each platoon commencing at the front of the stage, and extending into the background.
• I suggested that the left platoon of Company A extend intervals to ten paces and cover more ground.
• He took longer in learning to fix bayonets or present arms than any other man in the platoon.
• A subaltern never tied his platoon in a knot but a general came trotting round the corner.
• Observe the platoon who are marching into this farmyard.
• Young Lochgair had given his platoon their target, and the platoon were now firing steadily upon the same.
• The Quartermaster-Sergeant, when he meets the ration parties behind the lines that night, announces to a platoon Sergeant that we have won a great naval victory.

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